Parents Need to Eat Too: Nap-Friendly Recipes, One-Handed Meals, and Time-Saving Kitchen Tricks for New Parents [Paperback]

Debbie Koenig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 21, 2012

The question is as old as parenting itself: How can new moms and dads eat well when all their time and energy is spent on baby? Finally, we have the answer!

Specifically designed for frazzled, sleep-deprived parents, every recipe in Parents Need to Eat, Too is nutritious, delicious, satisfying, and EASY. As a bonus each recipe includes instructions for preparing baby food from the same ingredients. Plus every recipe has the added advantage of being tested by a group of more than 100 new parents.

Inside you'll find:

• Meals you can eat with one hand
• Recipes for the new parent's best friend: the slow cooker
• More ambitious recipes, broken down into simple stages to perform while baby naps
• “Un-Recipes” for parents who can't cook at all
• Recipes that support breastfeeding
• Advice from experts, including a pediatric dietitian and a lactation consultant

Here are real solutions for the real problems new parents face in the kitchen. Through comforting, honest, and essential help for stressed out, undernourished moms and pops, Parents Need To Eat Too ensures that nobody will go hungry!

Editorial Reviews

Review

If only this book came with every box of newborn diapers or baby blanket! New and seasoned parents alike will find delicious and simple recipes - from first nibbles to toddler tastes and fullgrown meals enjoyed together (Emily Franklin, author of Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids and 102 New Recipes, and founder of wellcookedlife.com )

With more than 150 recipes, intelligent healthy tips, and comments from real moms just like you, Parents Need to Eat Too will be your go-to resource and make you the confident parent you want to be. (Eileen Behan, RD family nutritionist and author of The Baby Food Bible and Eat Well Lose Weight While Breast Feeding )

“Finally, a book that reminds new moms: yes, your life may be totally wrapped up in feeding your baby right now, but you need-and deserve!-to eat well, too.” (Meagan Francis, author of The Happiest Mom: 10 Secrets to Enjoying Motherhood )

“I laughed, I learned, I dreamed up a hundred fantastic meals while reading Parents Need to Eat Too.“ (Melanie Rehak, author of Eating for Beginners )

“Parents Need to Eat Too should be on every baby shower registry.” (Jen Singer, author, the Stop Second-Guessing Yourself guides to parenting )

“You don’t have to be a parent to learn from Debbie Koenig’s eminently sensible book.” (Molly Wizenberg, author of A Homemade Life )

“This book is a must-have for new parents who enjoy eating good food with real flavor.” (Leah McLaughlin, Editor in Chief, Edible Communities/Edible Queens )

“If only Debbie Koenig’s Parents Need to Eat Too had existed back [when I was a new parent]. Every new parent should ask for Debbie’s book as a baby shower gift!” (Leah Ingram, author of Suddenly Frugal: How to Live Happier and Healthier for Less )

“Reassuring is the first word that comes to mind when reading food writer Koenig’s first cookbook, in which she provides doable, affordable meal solutions for new parents.” (Library Journal )

About the Author

Debbie Koenig is a food writer whose work has appeared in American Baby, Parents, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. Her food blog, Words to Eat By, has attracted more than one million visitors. Debbie lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their five-year-old son, Harry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; 1 edition (February 21, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062005944
• ISBN-13: 978-0062005946
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #99 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Quick & Easy

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